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The Hills Have Eyes

Play trailer Poster for The Hills Have Eyes R Released Jul 22, 1977 1h 23m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Wes Craven's cult classic about cannibalistic mountain folk on the trail of stranded vacationers in the arid Southwest.

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When it's not bludgeoning the viewer with its more off-putting, cruder elements, The Hills Have Eyes wields some clever storytelling and a sly sense of dark humor.

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Variety Staff Variety A satisfying piece of pulp. Jul 22, 2008 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out A heady mix of ironic allegory and seat-edge tension. Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Eric Henderson Slant Magazine Craven's latent sick streak gets a major workout here, and the rudest shocks seem to center around the "good" family's parental figures. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 10, 2003 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk works as a taut thriller, but it also leaves plenty of room for political and ideological tunneling, if only for its horrific inversion of American family values Rated: 3/4 Jan 6, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy I've never been a Wes Craven fan, yet if there's one picture of his that I would place above all others, it would be The Hills Have Eyes. Rated: 3/4 Nov 27, 2021 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com In essence, this is a cruel odyssey prizing the survival of the fittest, both family units operating by their own socially dictated codes, reduced to brutality and savagery for survival. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 30, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Chris B Boring and rubbish. This movie was not scary at all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/25 Full Review Movie C Super Family Friendly! Watched this with my girls and they absolutely ADORED it! I recommend for family movie nights, get that popcorn ready ladies! An amazing heartwarming coming-of-age film both the kids and teens will enjoy. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Audience M Plunging it’s comfortable middle-class family into becoming barbarians to protect everyone they love. Wes Craven’s Hills Have Eyes manages to be a key movie shaping horror for decades to come and a brutal illustration of the enduring human spirit. It asks us what we would be willing to become to protect the ones we love. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Blu B This is so close to being good. The setup is simple and interesting, it builds tension pretty well, the villians are pretty cool, and overall it's half decently made all around. It defintely has trappings of a exploitation flick though. Some of the actors including the teens aren't the best thing in the world and the older ones are the best ones but there killed off so the acting quality goes downhill. It also gets a bit jumpy between rescuing the baby and trying to call for help. It inturrupts the tension honestly. The low budget feel defintely works in it's favor though overall. I's kind of weird how you'd think there would be more gore iin this but honestly it's pretty tame despite being loaded with violence. It can be a borderline low budget action flick at times. This just needed some better acting, a bit more focus in the script towards the second half, and a bit more suspense. This is a candidate for a remake for sure. If your a hardcore fan of Wes Craven than consider checking this out or hardcore 70's exploitation horror fans. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Audience M Plunging it’s comfortable middle-class family into becoming barbarians to protect everyone they love. Wes Craven’s Hills Have Eyes manages to be a key movie shaping horror for decades to come and a brutal illustration of the enduring human spirit. It asks us what we would be willing to become to protect the ones we love. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Jonathan O Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes is really disturbing nasty and violent then Last House but Wes did really great work for building up the suspense and violent scenes to shock the audience and Michael Barryman is truly frightening character on film and the cinematography looks like was made for porn but it really does have grindhouse style for people who knew 42nd street or at the drive-in theater. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Wes Craven's cult classic about cannibalistic mountain folk on the trail of stranded vacationers in the arid Southwest.
Director
Wes Craven
Producer
Peter Locke, Kurt Tarvis
Screenwriter
Wes Craven
Distributor
Vestron Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Image Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Blood Relations Co.
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 1977, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 23m
Sound Mix
Mono
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